Which Eastern Kentucky University bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Finance graduates leave with a median of $16,400 in federal loans, the lowest among 39 Eastern Kentucky University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Eastern Kentucky University cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $10,320 a year, and $21,230 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,040 a year.

How many Eastern Kentucky University programs report graduate pay?

41 bachelor's programs and 2 associate's programs at Eastern Kentucky University report first-year pay, and 41 of them also report federal debt.

Eastern Kentucky University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public university
Richmond, KY
12,318 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

41 Eastern Kentucky University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Quality Control and Safety Technology pays the most in the first year ($71,240), and English the least ($20,091). The median program pays $35,899. Eastern Kentucky University also has 2 associate's programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$10,320Per year. Out-of-state $21,230

Average net price after aid$11,040Per year

Graduation rate50%Within 6 years

Admission rate78%Of applicants

All 41 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kentucky" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Kentucky. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Kentucky
1	Quality Control and Safety TechnologyAbout 101 graduates a year	$71,240	$91,722	$34,786	1st of 2
2	Construction ManagementAbout 32 graduates a year	$68,726	$83,463	$25,500	1st of 2
3	NursingAbout 118 graduates a year	$68,633	$78,189	$27,370	13th of 19
4	Fire ScienceAbout 68 graduates a year	$66,617	$75,018	$27,000	1st of 1
5	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 26 graduates a year	$56,947	$54,982	$28,999	2nd of 3
6	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 15 graduates a year	$55,917	$66,658	$25,000	2nd of 2
7	Management Information SystemsAbout 21 graduates a year	$46,623	Not reported	$27,000	4th of 5
8	InsuranceAbout 23 graduates a year	$44,792	$67,862	Not reported	1st of 1
9	Business AdministrationAbout 42 graduates a year	$43,055	$59,049	$26,500	6th of 14
10	BusinessAbout 72 graduates a year	$41,502	$48,225	$27,000	7th of 14
11	FinanceAbout 24 graduates a year	$41,328	Not reported	$16,400	7th of 7
12	MarketingAbout 34 graduates a year	$40,968	$53,643	$25,189	6th of 7
13	AccountingAbout 59 graduates a year	$40,726	$57,039	$27,000	11th of 11
14	CommunicationsAbout 19 graduates a year	$40,429	$43,281	$25,000	1st of 11
15	Agricultural ProductionAbout 28 graduates a year	$40,047	$49,633	$19,250	1st of 2
16	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 22 graduates a year	$39,867	$76,156	$25,145	7th of 8
17	Special EducationAbout 10 graduates a year	$38,485	$42,418	$28,381	5th of 7
18	Homeland SecurityAbout 47 graduates a year	$38,307	$61,629	$28,343	1st of 1
19	Teacher EducationAbout 80 graduates a year	$37,366	$39,598	$26,725	9th of 15
20	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 163 graduates a year	$35,958	$39,737	$31,000	3rd of 8
21	Political ScienceAbout 30 graduates a year	$35,899	$48,324	$21,498	1st of 5
22	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 26 graduates a year	$35,740	$40,497	$19,750	3rd of 7
23	AviationAbout 59 graduates a year	$35,625	$65,750	$23,781	1st of 1
24	Public HealthAbout 41 graduates a year	$35,612	$43,295	$22,999	3rd of 4
25	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 15 graduates a year	$34,920	$47,383	$25,192	5th of 6
26	ChemistryAbout 29 graduates a year	$34,512	$82,608	$23,584	3rd of 3
27	Social WorkAbout 78 graduates a year	$33,575	$44,374	$30,750	8th of 9
28	Specialized Sales and MerchandisingAbout 2 graduates a year	$33,100	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
29	Criminal JusticeAbout 170 graduates a year	$31,548	$46,451	$25,000	8th of 11
30	Recreation ManagementAbout 17 graduates a year	$30,330	$36,662	$25,616	2nd of 2
31	MusicAbout 17 graduates a year	$30,106	$38,429	$20,379	5th of 7
32	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 77 graduates a year	$29,632	Not reported	$27,000	7th of 8
33	HistoryAbout 13 graduates a year	$29,346	$42,558	$27,000	2nd of 6
34	PsychologyAbout 262 graduates a year	$28,273	$40,265	$27,645	9th of 14
35	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 11 graduates a year	$28,195	Not reported	$25,495	1st of 1
36	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 30 graduates a year	$27,514	$41,462	$28,964	1st of 1
37	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 31 graduates a year	$25,880	$34,754	$25,500	3rd of 5
38	BiologyAbout 87 graduates a year	$25,672	$58,047	$24,250	10th of 12
39	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 27 graduates a year	$25,596	$35,404	$27,375	4th of 8
40	Wildlife ScienceAbout 11 graduates a year	$25,492	$44,672	$19,224	2nd of 2
41	EnglishAbout 25 graduates a year	$20,091	$37,665	$23,648	7th of 8

Program names link to the program's own page, and Kentucky ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Kentucky programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Both associate's programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kentucky" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Kentucky.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Kentucky
NursingAbout 32 graduates a year	$66,512	$65,930	$24,000	7th of 26
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 40 graduates a year	$26,504	$37,319	$14,625	13th of 19

Program names link to the program's own page, and Kentucky ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Quality Control and Safety Technology$71,240
Construction Management$68,726
Nursing$68,633
Fire Science$66,617
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$56,947

Lowest median debt

Finance$16,400
Wildlife Science$19,224
Agricultural Production$19,250
Subject-Area Teacher Education$19,750
Music$20,379

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 262 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 170 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 163 graduates a year
NursingAbout 118 graduates a year
Quality Control and Safety TechnologyAbout 101 graduates a year

Common questions

Quality Control and Safety Technology graduates earn a median of $71,240 in their first year, the most of 41 Eastern Kentucky University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Kentucky rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels